Last updated 1 August 2026
From a sentence to a scored shortlist
You write one sentence about the role. NorthAssay works out what the role actually requires, builds an assessment against it, and scores what comes back. You make the hiring decision.
01 · Describe the role
Plain language, one sentence is enough. "I need a senior backend engineer who can own our payments integration." No form, no competency picker, no template to choose from.
From that, NorthAssay builds a competency model: what the role actually needs, ranked critical, important or nice to have. You see it before anything is generated, and you can push back on it.
02 · Review the assessment it designs
Every competency marked critical must be covered by at least one assessment — that is enforced, not encouraged. Within that constraint, difficulty and question type are matched to the seniority you described.
- Multiple choice, for knowledge that has a right answer.
- Written response, for judgement and reasoning.
- Coding challenges, run in the browser.
- Document upload, when the real output is a file.
- Live AI video interview, for the things only a conversation surfaces.
Nothing sends until you have looked at it. Edit any question, regenerate any section, or throw the whole thing out.
03 · Invite candidates
By email, by an open link, or by a six-digit access code — whichever suits the role. An open link is right for a job post; a code works when you are recruiting in a room or a group chat.
Open links can carry an optional identity check. Suspicious joins are flagged automatically rather than blocked, because the false-positive cost lands on a candidate who did nothing wrong.
04 · Read the scores, and the reasoning
Multiple choice is scored deterministically. Written, coding and document answers are scored by model, each with a written rationale and a confidence signal you can see.
The scorer never receives a name, a photo or a country. It sees the answer and the rubric.
Advisory, never automated
NorthAssay does not reject anyone. It ranks, explains and flags; every decision is made by a person, and every score can be overridden with a note.
Integrity signals, and what they are worth
Alongside the score you get signals: tab-away, paste, screenshot, unusually fast answers, and an identity photo if one was captured.
These are advisory and stay that way. A paste is not proof of anything — plenty of honest candidates draft in another window. The signal is context for a human, not a verdict, and it is presented that way in the interface.
Identity photos are deleted automatically after 30 days. What is captured, why, and how to have it removed sooner is set out in the privacy policy and the security page.
Free while we build it
Open beta: no credit card, no seat limits, no sales call. Paid plans come later, with notice, and early users get looked after.
Draft your first assessment